Are they supposed to do this?!?

I work on early morning flow team at a store in Indiana. A few days ago, we were given several boxes with old model baby items (strollers, car seats, etc) and were told to put them in the trash compactor. Is this standard Target practice? It makes me extremely upset to see those things go to waste. They could at the very least be donated to a charity of some sort. I can think of at least 5 charities in MY CITY that would love to have these items. Why are these things being thrown out?

Hasta Ba Rista, Baby!

If they were new-in-the-box but clearanced out of the system (via salvage), they would've been stickered as such & sent off for resale. If they were putting them in the compactor, it's because they were recalls.

Anything baby-related gets thrown away at our store, except for diapers. It does make you a little sick watching them throw out strollers, carseats, etc. However, I would be more sick if a display we gave away caused a child to get hurt because of damage we missed before giving it away. It's not a chance I would be willing to take, neither is Target.